Actually, sorry.  I have the Multispin 4X, not the 4Xe.  I assume
they're the same drive except that mine is internal and yours is
external.

I wrote:
> > I'm having trouble getting NetBSD-1.0 to recognize a NEC Multispin 4Xe
> > cdrom drive on bootup. My host adapter is an Adaptec 1742A, which sees
> > the 4Xe on powerup (but this only after disabling "Initiate Synch
> > Negotiation" on SCSI ID 2, which is where the 4Xe lives). Everything
> > runs fine under DOS, so at least something is working.
> 
> I have the same cdrom drive, and also had to disable sync negotiation
> to get my Ultrastor 34F to see it.  However, once I did that, NetBSD
> had no trouble detecting and using the drive.

	Mark
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